"by different composers. They also maintained artistic control over the film versions of several of their other stage musicals. The film ""Oklahoma!"" followed the original stage version extremely closely, more so than any other Rodgers and Hammerstein stage-to-film adaptation. However, it did divide the very long (more than 45 minutes) first scene into several shorter scenes, changing the locations of several of the songs in the process. In a nod to ""Green Grow the Lilacs"", which was the basis of ""Oklahoma!"", Jud attempts to get revenge on Curly and Laurey by burning a haystack they stand on after the wedding,"
"Oklahoma (Rodgers and Hammerstein song) ""Oklahoma"" is the title song from the Broadway musical ""Oklahoma!"", named for the setting of the musical play. The music and lyrics were written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The melody is reprised in the main title of the 1955 film version and in the overtures of both film and musical productions. In 1953, the Oklahoma legislature chose it as the state song of Oklahoma, replacing a less well-known song, ""Oklahoma - A Toast"", that had been adopted in 1935. Midway through the second act of the play, after the principals Curly and"
"Oklahoma! (soundtrack) Oklahoma! is the original soundtrack album of the 1955 film ""Oklahoma!"", an adaptation of the musical play of the same name. The soundtrack charted No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Pop Album Chart in 1956 and has been in continual print. On July 8, 1958, it became the first album to be certified ""gold"" by the RIAA, and was later certified ""2x multi-platinum"" on April 1, 1992. It was originally released as a 42-minute album on the Capitol Records label, but only in mono at first. However, as with the 1956 film soundtracks of ""Carousel"" and ""The King and"
"Oklahoma Hills ""Oklahoma Hills"" is a song written by Woody Guthrie. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. In 2001, the Oklahoma Legislature declared it to be the official state folk song. Jack Guthrie, Woody's cousin, changed the lyrics and music slightly and in 1945 recorded a Western swing version, which reached No. 1 on the Juke Box Folk Records charts. It remains the best-known version of ""Oklahoma Hills"", and was the biggest hit of Jack Guthrie's fairly short life. Though Woody originated the song, the official"
"Oklahoma (Billy Gilman song) ""Oklahoma"" is a song written by D. Vincent Williams and John Allen, and recorded by American country music singer Billy Gilman. It was released in October 2000 as the second single from the album ""One Voice"". The song reached number 33 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. and number 63 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The album from the single is taken was certified two-times multi-platinum in the United States. The song is about a boy reuniting with his birth father after somehow losing his mother and being put into foster care, after"
"Oklahoma! Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, ""Green Grow the Lilacs"". Set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry. A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée, Ado Annie. The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943. It was a box-office smash and"
"contributed the lyrics to 850 songs, according to ""The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II"", edited by Amy Asch. Some well-known songs are ""Ol' Man River"", ""Can't Help Lovin' That Man"" and ""Make Believe"" from ""Show Boat""; ""Indian Love Call"" from ""Rose-Marie""; ""People Will Say We're in Love"" and ""Oklahoma"" (which has been the official state song of Oklahoma since 1953) from ""Oklahoma!""; ""Some Enchanted Evening"", from ""South Pacific""; ""Getting to Know You"" and ""Shall We Dance"" from ""The King and I""; and the title song as well as ""Climb Ev'ry Mountain"" from ""The Sound of Music"". Several albums of"
"Oklahoma U.S.A. Oklahoma U.S.A. is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by British Rock band The Kinks on their 1971 LP ""Muswell Hillbillies"". The lyrics describe a young woman who leads a monotonous working class life, and imagines in her dreams she is in various Hollywood films, such as ""Oklahoma!"" (""But in her dreams she is far away/ In Oklahoma U.S.A./ With Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae""). As the song progresses and she goes on with life she continues to dream of Oklahoma and Hollywood (""She walks to work but she's still in a daze/ She's Rita Hayworth"
"Stephen Foster Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826January 13, 1864), known as ""the father of American music"", was an American songwriter known primarily for his parlor and minstrel music. Foster wrote over 200 songs; among his best-known are ""Oh! Susanna"", ""Hard Times Come Again No More"", ""Camptown Races"", ""Old Folks at Home"" (""Swanee River""), ""My Old Kentucky Home"", ""Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair"", ""Old Black Joe"", and ""Beautiful Dreamer"". Many of his compositions remain popular more than 150 years after he wrote them. His compositions are thought to be autobiographical. He has been identified as ""the most famous songwriter"
"develop characterization."" Mordden also notes that ""Oklahoma!"" was called the first great dance musical, but other musicals had earlier focused on dance, among them ""Gay Divorce"" and ""On Your Toes"". He concludes: ""But ""Oklahoma!"" was the first American musical with an ethnic sound, words and music entirely in the folk idiom."" ""Oklahoma!"" has frequently been quoted or parodied in films, television and other media. The following list includes some of the more notable references. Films Television Other media Oklahoma! Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is"
"which he was shuffled around until his father was discovered. In the video, we see the man, his father, is married with a wife and son, (played by Billy Gilman as he sings the song). ""Oklahoma"" debuted at number 66 on ""Billboard""s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the chart week of October 14, 2000. Oklahoma (Billy Gilman song) ""Oklahoma"" is a song written by D. Vincent Williams and John Allen, and recorded by American country music singer Billy Gilman. It was released in October 2000 as the second single from the album ""One Voice"". The song reached number"
"sun and flowers, and summer a whole year long, I give you a land where the golden hours roll by to the mockingbird's song, Where the cotton blooms 'neath the southern sun, where the vintage hangs thick on the vine. A land whose story has just begun. This wonderful land of mine."" Members of the Western Writers of America chose ""Oklahoma"" as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. Oklahoma (Rodgers and Hammerstein song) ""Oklahoma"" is the title song from the Broadway musical ""Oklahoma!"", named for the setting of the musical play. The music and lyrics were"
"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' ""Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'"" is the opening song from the musical ""Oklahoma!"", which premiered on Broadway in 1943. It was written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The leading male character in ""Oklahoma!"", Curly McLain, sings the song at the beginning of the first scene of the musical. The refrain runs: ""Oh, what a beautiful mornin'! / Oh, what a beautiful day! / I've got a beautiful feelin' / Ev'rythin's goin' my way."" Curly's ""brimming optimism is perfectly captured by Rodgers' ebullient music and Hammerstein's buoyant pastoral lyrics."" This was the"
"lived to the age of 102. In the early 1940s, composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, each a longtime Broadway veteran, joined forces and began their collaboration by writing two musicals that became massive hits, ""Oklahoma!"" (1943) and ""Carousel"" (1945). An innovation for its time in integrating song, dialogue and dance, ""Oklahoma!"" would serve as ""the model for Broadway shows for decades"". In 1999, ""Time"" magazine named ""Carousel"" the best musical of the century, writing that Rodgers and Hammerstein ""set the standards for the 20th century musical"". Their next effort, ""Allegro"" (1947), was a comparative disappointment, running for"
"a haystack they stand on, before Curly jumps down, landing on Jud and causing him to fall on his own knife. The film omits only ""It's a Scandal, It's an Outrage"" and ""Lonely Room"". The film won Academy Awards for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture and Best Sound, Recording. Most of the songs from ""Oklahoma!"" were released on a record album by Decca Records in 1943 containing six 10-inch double-sided discs in 78 RPM format. It was the first U.S. cast album featuring the original Broadway cast of a musical. It sold over a million copies, prompting the"
"Baja Oklahoma Baja Oklahoma is a 1988 American made-for-television comedy-drama film by HBO Original Film starring Lesley Ann Warren. Written by director Bobby Roth and novelist Dan Jenkins, based on Jenkins's 1982 novel with the same title, it included appearances by Peter Coyote, Swoosie Kurtz, and Julia Roberts. The title song was written by Jenkins and Willie Nelson, who appears as himself near the end of the film to sing it with Warren. Juanita Hutchins has dreams of becoming a country-western music songwriter, but works at a bar in the meantime. Baja Oklahoma is a nickname for Texas, as are"
"for the recording, and not the overture and opening credits music as heard in the actual film. The expanded edition of the soundtrack, issued in 2001, contains both the overture that was heard before the opening credits in the original roadshow theatrical release of the film, plus the opening credits music exactly as heard in the Todd-AO release of the film. Oklahoma! (soundtrack) Oklahoma! is the original soundtrack album of the 1955 film ""Oklahoma!"", an adaptation of the musical play of the same name. The soundtrack charted No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Pop Album Chart in 1956 and has been"
"Musical selections in The Wizard of Oz The songs from the 1939 musical fantasy film ""The Wizard of Oz"" have taken their place among the most famous and instantly recognizable American songs of all time, and the film's principal song, ""Over the Rainbow"", is perhaps the most famous song ever written for a film. Music and lyrics were by Harold Arlen and E.Y. ""Yip"" Harburg, who won an Academy Award for Best Song for ""Over the Rainbow"". Herbert Stothart, who underscored the film, won an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Some of that underscoring was, of course, based on"
"The Farmer and the Cowman ""The Farmer and the Cowman"" is a song composed by Richard Rodgers and with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for their musical ""Oklahoma!"". It is sung primarily by Andrew Carnes, Aunt Eller, and Ike Skidmore. In various versions of ""Oklahoma!"", the singing parts for Ike, Andrew, and Aunt Eller have been swapped. Lines for Will Parker, Ado Annie, and Curly McLain are also included. Repetition of the refrain is sung by the entire company. This song is included in the first scene of the second act of ""Oklahoma!"". It is accompanied by an elaborate dancing"
"Pinky Tomlin Truman Virgil ""Pinky"" Tomlin (September 9, 1907 – December 12, 1987) was a singer, songwriter, bandleader, and actor of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to performing in occasional motion pictures, he wrote and published 22 songs, several of which were in the top ten on the ""Hit Parade"". A song he had written in 1938, ""In Ole Oklahoma"", was named as Oklahoma’s state song by the Oklahoma State Junior Chamber of Commerce. Born in 1907 in Eros, Arkansas, Tomlin was the youngest of three sons of Louise (""née"" Dobbs) and G. L. Tomlin. Truman grew up in"
"Juliet"" (1953) and ""Pipe Dream"" (1955). They also wrote the score to the film ""State Fair"" (1945) (which was remade in 1962 with Pat Boone), and a special TV musical of ""Cinderella"" (1957). Their collaboration produced many well-known songs, including ""Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'"", ""People Will Say We're in Love"", ""Oklahoma"" (which also became the state song of Oklahoma), ""It's A Grand Night For Singing"", ""If I Loved You"", ""You'll Never Walk Alone"", ""It Might as Well Be Spring"", ""Some Enchanted Evening"", ""Getting to Know You"", ""My Favorite Things"", ""The Sound of Music"", ""Sixteen Going on Seventeen"", ""Climb Ev'ry"
"Kansas City (Oklahoma!) ""Kansas City"" is a song from the musical ""Oklahoma!"". The plot set-up for it is the return of cowboy Will Parker (played in the film by Gene Nelson) from an excursion to the city of the same name. He describes his experiences in song. The song describes the wonders of there and its entertainments (from the viewpoint of a country bumpkin), all reprising with the concept that the conditions (in 1906) represent the ultimate in progress, with little more expected. For the 1955 motion picture, a few lyrics about a burlesque stripteaser had to undergo minor changes"
"the music. It is the best-known recording of ""Oklahoma!"" ever made, even eclipsing the fame of the pioneering 1943 original Broadway cast album of the show. The latest CD expanded edition contained more than twice the amount of music listed here, and runs nearly 80 minutes, with only a very brief reprise of ""I Cain't Say No"" and the numbers actually left out of the film omitted. Even the ballet music was included. One notable difference between the original version of the film soundtrack album and the expanded edition is that the original album contains a new overture specifically created"
"ran for an unprecedented 2,212 performances, later enjoying award-winning revivals, national tours, foreign productions and an Academy Award-winning 1955 film adaptation. It has long been a popular choice for school and community productions. Rodgers and Hammerstein won a special Pulitzer Prize for ""Oklahoma!"" in 1944. This musical, building on the innovations of the earlier ""Show Boat"", epitomized the development of the ""book musical"", a musical play where the songs and dances are fully integrated into a well-made story with serious dramatic goals that are able to evoke genuine emotions other than laughter. In addition, ""Oklahoma!"" features musical themes, or motifs,"
"on the colloquial English word ""Okay"". Orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett's massive 8-part chorale near the end of the song extends it to include a spelling of the name, ending with an epic ""ritardando"" leading into one last iteration of ""Oklahoma."" The state of Oklahoma officially adopted the song as its state song in 1953. It is the only official state song from a Broadway musical. State Representative George Nigh, who later served as the state's Governor, was the principal author of the legislation designating the state song. The song also serves as one of the key songs of the University"
"album ""Secret Heart"", and Leigh Harris recorded a version on the album ""House of Secrets."" The Spivs cover it on the album ""Kwirky."" Oklahoma U.S.A. Oklahoma U.S.A. is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by British Rock band The Kinks on their 1971 LP ""Muswell Hillbillies"". The lyrics describe a young woman who leads a monotonous working class life, and imagines in her dreams she is in various Hollywood films, such as ""Oklahoma!"" (""But in her dreams she is far away/ In Oklahoma U.S.A./ With Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae""). As the song progresses and she goes on"
"Committed to preserving two American art forms, the Broadway musical, and Hollywood film scores, he has edited and performed many restorations and first performances, including a full restoration of the original 1943 production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's ""Oklahoma!"", performing editions of Gershwin's ""Porgy and Bess"", ""Girl Crazy"" and ""Strike up the Band"", Bernstein's ""Candide"" and ""A Quiet Place"", and film scores by Miklós Rózsa, Franz Waxman, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Max Steiner, Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Danny Elfman and Howard Shore. As one of two conductors in Decca Records' award-winning series ""Entartete Musik"", Mauceri made a number of historic first recordings"
"Oklahoma Crude (film) Oklahoma Crude is a 1973 American drama Metrocolor film directed by Stanley Kramer in Panavision. It stars George C. Scott and Faye Dunaway. It was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where Kramer won the Golden Prize for Direction. The song ""Send a Little Love My Way"", sung by Anne Murray, was featured in the film and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1973. Set in the early 20th century, the film is about a lone woman, Lena Doyle (Faye Dunaway) who finds herself threatened by tough businessmen who"
"""Oklahoma!"" a success, including director Rouben Mamoulian and choreographer Agnes de Mille. Miles White was the costume designer while Jo Mielziner (who had not worked on ""Oklahoma!"") was the scenic and lighting designer. Even though ""Oklahoma!"" orchestrator Russell Bennett had informed Rodgers that he was unavailable to work on ""Carousel"" due to a radio contract, Rodgers insisted he do the work in his spare time. He orchestrated ""The Carousel Waltz"" and ""(When I Marry) Mister Snow"" before finally being replaced by Don Walker. A new member of the creative team was Trude Rittmann, who arranged the dance music. Rittmann initially"
"Singers. In 1942, American Decca released the first recording of ""White Christmas"" by Bing Crosby. He recorded another version of the song in 1947 for Decca; to this day, Crosby's recording of ""White Christmas"" for Decca remains the best-selling single worldwide of all time. In 1943, American Decca ushered in the age of the original cast album in the United States, when they released an album set of nearly all the songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein's ""Oklahoma!"", performed by the same cast who appeared in the show on Broadway, and using the show's orchestra, conductor, chorus, and musical and vocal"
"Abe Olman Abe Olman (December 20, 1887 – January 4, 1984), born Abraham Olshewitz, was an American songwriter and music publisher. He composed a number of successful ragtime and popular songs including ""Red Onion Rag"" (1912), ""Down Among the Sheltering Palms"" (1915), ""Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!"" (1917), and ""Down By the O-Hi-O"" (1920). He was later director of ASCAP, and a founder of the Songwriters Hall of Fame which, in 1983, named the annual Abe Olman Publisher Award in his honor. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Julius and Corrlina Olshewitz, who had been born in"
"We're in Love"", and ""Oklahoma!"". In 1955 it was made into an Academy Award-winning musical film, the first feature shot with the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process. The film starred Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, and its soundtrack was #1 on the 1956 album charts. After their initial success with ""Oklahoma!"", the pair took a break from working together and Hammerstein concentrated on the musical ""Carmen Jones"", a Broadway version of Bizet's ""Carmen"" with the characters changed to African Americans in the contemporary South, for which he wrote the book and lyrics. The musical was adapted to the screen in"
"Elmer Bernstein Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor who is best known for his film scores. In a career that spanned more than five decades, he composed ""some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history"", including over 150 original movie scores, as well as scores for nearly 80 television productions. Examples of his widely popular and critically acclaimed works are scores to ""The Magnificent Seven"", ""The Ten Commandments"", ""The Great Escape"", ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", ""Ghostbusters"", ""The Black Cauldron"", ""Airplane!"", ""The Rookies"", ""Cape Fear"", ""Animal House"", and ""The Age of"